Opioid Overdose Education

Preventing, Recognizing, and Treating Opioid Overdose | SAMHSA

Deliberately misuses a prescription opioid or opioid-based pain medication in way that was not as prescribed by their physician; Mixes opioids ...

Preventing Opioid Overdose - CDC

Opioids, mainly illegally made fentanyl, are involved in the highest percentage of overdose deaths. Ways to prevent opioid overdose are to ...

Opioid Overdose Education & Naloxone Distribution (OEND) and ...

The VA OEND Program aims to reduce harm and risk of life-threatening opioid-related overdose and deaths among Veterans.

Massachusetts Department of Public Health Opioid Overdose ...

Opioid Overdose Education and. Naloxone Distribution. MDPH Naloxone pilot project Core Competencies. Page 2. p.2. Acknowledgements: Thank you to the Boston ...

Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution | Washington State ...

Naloxone is a medication that can save lives by reversing the effects of an opioid overdose. Some examples of opioids are heroin, fentanyl, methadone, ...

Overdose Education | Clinical Addiction Research & Education ...

Overdose (OD) happens when a drug overwhelms the body. Opioid overdoses happen when there are so many opioids or a combination of opioids and other drugs in ...

REVIVE! Opioid Overdose and Naloxone Education (OONE ...

This training covers understanding opioids, how opioid overdoses happen, risk factors for opioid overdoses, and how to respond to an opioid overdose emergency ...

Harm Reduction for Veterans With Substance Use Disorder

Only living people can recover. Preventing opioid overdose deaths with naloxone. Unhealthy use of opioids—such as using them without medical ...

SAMHSA Overdose Prevention and Response Toolkit

This update was prepared under contract number HHSS283201700074I/75S20322F42003 by A-G Associates for the. Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, Substance ...

Overdose Prevention Strategy - HHS.gov

We can prevent overdoses and save lives by ensuring equitable access to essential health care and support services without stigma.

IDHS/SUPR Drug Overdose Prevention Program

IDHS/SUPR aims to reduce the number of opioid overdoses through the expansion of community-based Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution (OEND) services.

Youth Overdose Education | Stopoverdose.org

The following content has been developed to provide young people facts on how to recognize and respond to overdose and information about the Good Samaritan Law.

Opioids and Drug Overdose Prevention Program - CT.gov

The misuse of prescription medication and opioid-based drugs has increased significantly over the years to become a public health concern in Connecticut. This ...

Brief overdose education can significantly increase accurate ...

Conclusions. The data indicate that overdose prevention training improves participants' knowledge of opioid overdose and naloxone use, but naloxone may be ...

Opioid Overdose Prevention Resources for School Settings

The NYS Education Department (NYSED), the New York State Center for School Health (NYSCSH) and the NYS Department of Health encourage schools to implement an ...

Opioid Overdose Reversal Agents

Illinois has joined a group of other states in offering a statewide standing order with accompanying opioid overdose educational resources for naloxone to ...

Opioid Overdose and Naloxone Education (REVIVE! Kit Training)

Fairfax County, Virginia - Opioid Overdose and Naloxone Education training (REVIVE! kit training) teaches people how and when to administer naloxone to ...

Opioid overdose rates and implementation of overdose education ...

This study provides observational evidence that by training potential bystanders to prevent, recognize, and respond to opioid overdoses, OEND is an effective ...

Understanding the Opioid Overdose Epidemic - CDC

The rate of overdose deaths involving synthetic opioids other than methadone (primarily illegally made fentanyl and fentanyl analogs) increased ...

Naloxone - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf

Over the past 2 decades, the increase in opioid overdose incidents nationwide has resulted in a significant surge in morbidity and mortality rates.